Horseshoe.



A. MoIIcI' HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 3|. IeIe.

1 ,250,485. V Patented Dec.' 18, 191'?.

I ToV all *whom it may c'n'ocmf' UMTEDSTATESPATENTOFFICE@ ilioitoK. 0.1inooKLYNfNEWYonK. Y

' fnoitsnsnoa yBe itknown that I, AXEL MORCK, a citif zen' of Svv'eder'i,y andresidentof the borough Y ZOILl f The present 10. for patent,

i vided With separable calks, which in the V:of Brooklyn; mlthe county ofrKingsand kState of tNew York, have" invented certain' new and useful` Improveme'ntsf:in Horse-V shoes, ofwhich theii'olloxving' is a specica diselosedbyme in a co-pending application division.: 'Y f Aspreviously'divulgeclfintheipatenttap-` 1 15 plication'aforesaid, the subject :matter here: offconsists of' an improved horseshoe, propresent caseare claimed only sofar as they relate to the posterior portionv of the appliance. The calli pertaining to'thefanterior member is covered by claims allowed vin Se-4 rial-No.-6,091, above noted. j

To obviate unnecessary repetition and y consequent superiiuity of 4statement herein/,

the 'objeeto` theinvention maybe brieflyk said to vprovide a'heel calk'vvhich is readily detachable eitherforsharpening or for re-.

placement; can be applied opi-.removed easilyj 4by' any horseman vor -teamster `of ordinary intellect with the aid of commontools, and

admits-of being drop-forged, from steel, atl alovvv rate 4oi' expense comparing favorably `with that involved, in the production ofthe usual horseshoes.v

I which o ing one embodiment "of the invention,I parte L The novelgfeatureskof ythe invention reside" in the fpeoliar constialction,I arrangement,

and f combinations f of? parts hereinafter deLH .scribed-in' their preferred 'fforms,pa rt1cu larized inthe appended claims',and eXemph-k Figure 1 is @tremplin 'View inname l 4thereof being in section; g

Fig. 3f is a crosssection on the'Y'li-ief 34-3, Y Fig 2 of a quarter fof the horseshoe rpror vided With va vcalkof the said species n Fig. lis ani end Aview of the s aidheeloalky i as it appears previously' to bemgi'mparted Y *the shape -represented-i-n-Fig- 3',

' f -i 'islieincaioa or Letters Patenti g filed onA the 4thV day 4of February, 1915,- Serial', No. 6`,091,"0f Which, this"1s'a` Fig. 2fis-` a fragmentary sideelevation,

the same :species f .Figa isabottom plan'offthefrear .y ,Y tlonof the said quartenembo'dy'ing a modi# i! cation of vthe'invention; and 1 Fig. G'Is a'tra'nsversej section On pointed out by the VYarrows in the latter-A `ieateateapnec.1e,1917. i l original appncatimfied Februaryii, ieia'seriaino. 6,091. ibividel and this application'.fuauaauaiyei; o

,l @1916. serially.75,377.1` -1 l Y asiat; '6-'6 of Flg. 5, lookingin fthe direction j Y AS in thepmor @Se aforementionedgtte numeral 11YV herein; designates thebottomor' junderace ofthe quarters Ior lateralpor-f -1 165 With thefvlsllalcreases' 0r fulleringg; 12,

tions ofa horseshoe, thesame being formedl ing. dualJ Aseries 'offnail-h`plesV 'as 's F orwardly, the' shoe 1s furnished toel calk'is heldto the front lpart'of the Yhorseshoeby a Apair'o'f jaws and aswedgef toe calk, the constructlon'of.whichhas been"V key respectively `designated'herein'A by the f referencenumerals 28,29 and 31, as formerly.

Referringto therear end of the shoegfand. y i

'Y looking particularly fat .Figs ll andl 3 of, the annexed drawing,'it kWill be'seen'that the vuncovered or sectioned 'quarter therein 'rep-v resented isl` dovet'aile'd infjtvvoj directions, Vj namely, 'lengthwise with a rearwardly-in-- ,y

crea'slngV taperV 37,?an'dforos`swise With sides 38, 39 Vbeveledupvvard and inward. The

outerside'j38,'Figl'3, hasa straight portion Y of the horseshoe is attached removable ormarg'inaloffset40, Vtherspeciic purposefA ywhereof Will be explained hereinafter. Y Y To the tapering end 37 of thesaidquartcr heel calli 41j, depending from'a lplate or. backingl. The latteris provided withl a g pair ofijawsl, 441:',one'ofWhich,preferf ablyl that located-onV theoutside of 'thezshog V*Wi-ll standaway from' a lateral bevel thereof, -fas"38, in a mannerl to'y permit finsertion'of Van intervening lWedge key t5-.1vV By driving-in this l'r'ey,the upper surfi'ceof thej *Y `f. said'plateorbacking together with the jav'vi '143 thereom'vvill be drawn tightfr'againstthe' bottomfface ll of the shoe, Y. and the lateral 'forcibly ij l floo' bevel aforesaid, respectively. AsV indi! gral part of the same,

it is within the scope ofthe invention to, proy forward direction the tapering.rear section by the inclined outerface'or bevel 38 ofthe dovetailed section 37 lof the shoe andithe, vertical edge l0 ofthe latter2 and thus the key is precluded from creeping up,lor workin "loose 'Y y preference, the heel calk hereindet scribed is drop-forged with the said fpairof jaws straight, thatis, perpendicular to .its upper face, as shown infFig. 4 so kthatthe. severa'liangles and corners of thecalkwill readily leave' the die lin which itiisniade.

lThejawsda 44 are Lsubs'equentlyY forced ,to

assume the shape represented in Fig.'3 .It

will be understood thatfthe narrowest: open@ ing only isleft betweenl the lips of Vthese jaws; to admit of the calklbeing slippe'dlover 'tl1 e flaring base ofthe beveled section ,31

A square calkl 5,3has beenshown 4iny the`v` drawing herewitln as pertaininglto the innerv half of the horse shoeand forming an inte- A'Ob'vionsly, however7 Y duce this call; also in accerdancewith the ideas involved in manufacturingthe sharp.' pointed, separable, outer yheel c alks herein disclosed.

Figsi and 6 illustrate a slightly modified.

form Vof the invention; The outenquarterl of the latter-named form 5) has a'dovetail end 137, increasingrin, width downwardE similarly to1 thelshoesection 37 before described-- That is7 itlfpossesses opposed bevels 13S,v 13S) and also a straight vertical edge 140 corresponding, to.

the analogous*structuralY features herein!-V above numbered 38, 39 and l-O 1respectively., In addition, thisy modii'ied A embodiment ofl` the improved Vhorseshoe includes! a lateral@v o recess`rv 149 on the inner= side of the quarter 111, and thebeveled outer face 13S ofthe laty ter terminates ina curve vanishing*outward, l ,A o TheV previously des plate 1&2 is employed in coiinec *o tion withy the quarterlll, aswell as in the f other form of slice, and is -appli'edlgin subi.

stantially the sa me manner. Thus, referring.'VA to ig. 6, it will be observed that the pairnof.

straddle`the dovetail section 137. The jaw-lllis received',V in the' recess 14u-9. and firmly held thereby/fat as indicatedwat MSI scribed calkjaws 143, Het are arranged to both ends, from the moment the key- 188fis driven in between the opposite jaw.L llfof Y of the key 138 is naturally of horseshoe des?, l ignated bythe reference numeral I111,111 Figr the. plate v142,' andgthecontiguous bevel 140 of the quarter 111. The recess 149 inthe present instance is substituted for the forementionedravity Li9 and co-acting protuber- ,ance v50, discharging ident-ical functions in a simplified manner. The forward extremity led outward by theicurve'liS, in a convenient position to be. clenched over, the contacting forward edge,

of the 144.'

Having described my invention what l desire t0 Secure by Letberslatent andleimg recess formed :upon theY inner edge, zthereofi L1A horseshoe including afilieelhaying a l 180 f the inner wall'of lsaid recess, being!inclined-i` andthe opposite wallof "said: heel being 'S1mi1e1y-incimefuo form momma, 'ai

bearing plate underlying the heelfand haveing Oppositelynlinedlians fansatie Sides of said dovetall, said jaws termina.tin-g;Joe;- low the upper face of the-heel, lafkeyin-V y sertiblebetweenone ofgisaid jawsggand f outer side of the dovetail opposite th`e-vre,;A

@GSS te draw the Other-aar'. ntoltheletter,

2a Af horseshoe .f .having a heel Provided .theinner wall of said recess .being inclined i t and. the opposite l wall 3 of ,said heel, heilig;

Similarly inclined ,te ferma ylortal, ara-Lkr i .bearing plate i underlying VVVsaid dovetail and l Pferdd rita upwardlnextendrig iawsfilif.. f

clined conformably:` to :said walls, one jaw being placedagainstthetinner wall of the' recess, ivh'ilehether jarig isirspacedianare the heel? and a wedge-key; driven c* into-V the; y space between ythelast named ,wall and-sa'd/z other jaw so "as,tofbear` directly*uponsaidV platefandghold it inposition.` i

3- A .horseshoe wading a Iheel having-2 Y recess `formed upon the-innerledgethereofisite Well gbellsiplovided Hear-ite i) Peli-tion With a. Straight.-

partdormingf; anf obtuse! f outer angle with theinclinedportiongthere ;y

of, a ,v calk-bearing @heeft ite @enferme-wf Said@ dovtail, @tenian enteringfthe recess ,f while the4 otheri jaw is g spaced away from itscorresponding wallyof= V the :dovetaih and a keyy wedged intosaid Space-Sofs t0 dransadiplateaeainstthe underside of the heel, theiupper edgeof' said key beingf A. preventedl iby V saidy obtuse4 angle fome Greenies-A Un and working loese., i

4.51%(horse;l shoe including@ a quarteiyk f having a protnberance adapted toA enter said ';cav1ty-,

formed with 'a cavity in itsiuideiface, a.' ycalk bearing plate plate positioned onoppositesidesof,said

quarteny andmeans causing Esaidfjaws with their Plfit@ forcibly.,graspfthe .q narter. L

5. A horseshoe; includinge. dovetaigled Jaws on saidv memes i' quarter with a recess in the under face'theretail andA to press said protuberance ntosaid i' Y of and a marginal projection at one side, a recess. l calk bearing plate having a vprotuberance Signed at theA borough of Manhattan, in adapted to engage said recess, jaws on said the county of New York and State oil'V New plate inclined conformably tothe opposite; Y0rkthisA 29th day of January, A. D. 1916. 3,5,v l

' faces of the dovetail on said'quartenand a` key insertible between one of said jaws and one face of thedovetail under said marginal A y Witnesses: I projection, said key operating t0 draw the C. KARLSON, i0 other jaw against the other facel of the dove- Y W. H. Grimm AXEL MORCK.

t copies of this patent may be obtained to: ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner Vo1! Patents,

Washington, D. C." 

